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Personalised Poliziano Rosso di Montepulciano 14% 750ml
TASTING NOTES
PALATE
Characteristic simultaneous smoothness and integrity in the palate.
WINEMAKERS COMMENTS
Rosso di Montepulciano has been a D.O.C. since 1989 and can be produced by simply declassifying the grapes registered for Vino Nobile. At Poliziano, vice versa, an uncompromising choice was made: we selected the most suitable vineyards to obtain a young, fruity, and full-bodied wine. The entire production process was studied to this end. The grapes destined to the Rosso di Montepulciano are usually harvested about a week before the one destined to the Nobile, allowing a suitable and not too complex phenolic maturation. The percentage of Sangiovese does not age in oak, rather in cement, and the percentage of Merlot ages in barriques.
CELLARING POTENTIAL
5-8 years.
VINIFICATION
Fermentation in truncated, conical stainless steel vats at controlled temperatures with pressing and pump over techniques for a duration of 10-12 days.
MATURATION
About 8 months, 20-40% of the product is ages in wood of varying size.
GRAPE VARIETY
80% Sangiovese, 20% Merlot
Dino Carletti entered the world of viticulture in 1961 to maintain a living contact with the place and culture of his origins. The name Poliziano pays homage to the 15th Century poet Angelo Ambrogini who hailed from Montepulciano and was knicknamed “Poliziano”. Dino’s son Federico Carletti took over in 1980 and has since grown Poliziano from 22 to 240 hectares, of which 130 hectares are dedicated to the production of sangiovese or “prugnolo gentile’ as it is locally known, planted predominately on the southern flank of Montepulciano. Today, the Poliziano wines evoke the historic tradition of the land, but at the same time speak eloquently to the modern world. Theirs is a developing narrative… they retain their original labels, but have matured and evolved over time, always with the objective of uncompromising quality and expression of terroir.
